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Big gets bigger
Mount Bachelor, our snow-blessed Oregon neighbor to the north, just made the Top Five. By expanding the mountain’s east side, Bachelor has added 648 acres to its existing 3,683, for a grand total of 4,331 skiable acres. That puts it in in the top five of America’s biggest ski areas. FoMoInfo, click here.

Yoga and beer
What do you do after you’ve put in the new lifts, new snowmaking guns and the planet’s first ski-in/ski-out Starbucks? With $8 million burning a hole in their parka pocket, the folks at Squaw and Alpine Meadows had to find some place to park this bit of spare change.

So, a yoga studio at Squaw. A beer garden at Alpine. New food trucks at both. And electric-car-charging stations next to the Cornice Cantina at Squaw. Maybe they should change the name to Juice y Taco.

Mega baseSierra-at-Tahoe, the only double-hyphened-named ski area in Tahoe and maybe the world, just spent $4.5 million on a new baselodge-plaza-facility. Its 9,000 square feet of indoor space includes retailers, a demo center and a new restaurant. Outside, expect a big deck area with fire pits, live music, and lounge chairs for ogling action on the mountain.